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Officer pushes woman to ground and arrests her at Utah county datacenter hearing

A woman was taken into custody after an officer pushed her to the ground following an anti-datacenter protest at a Utah county commission meeting. In a statement, the Utah county sheriff’s office said she had refused to leave the meeting and hit the officer in the groin before her arrest.

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Officer pushes woman to ground and arrests her at Utah county datacenter hearing
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What to know

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    An officer pushed a woman to the ground and arrested her after a datacenter protest at the commission meeting.

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    The sheriff’s office said she refused to leave and struck the officer in the groin before being arrested.

Why it matters

The incident concerns opposition to datacenters and police action at a local government meeting.

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